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SCHOOL BUILDINGS 

By 

Walter H 8 Parker 

School Architect 

244 Kearny Street, 
San Francisco, Cal. 




Copyright 1909 by Walter H. Parker 



Mf! 22 1910 






FOREWORD 



WELL appointed school building's 
are of vital importance to every 
school board and it is the aim of 
this little booklet to illustrate a few plans 
that have been well studied from every 
point of economy, practicability and with 
such harmonious exteriors as obtainable 
with a limited amount of funds. 

If school boards will realize the neces- 
sity of modern building's and healthful 
convenient cpiarters for the education of 
the children of their community, to the 
extent that they will give more atten- 
tion to the solution of a well studied plan 
and less to politics that invariably ' ' crop ' ' 
in, the field of this little work will have 
been partially covered, and it is asked of 
those in whose hands it may fall, to keep 
it for further reference. 



TO SCHOOL BOARDS 



ONE of the most important problems before a Board of Educa- 
tion is its duty (and often a privilege) to provide new 
quarters for educational purposes. The result should not 
only be an example of good taste to the community wherein it is 
built, but a reasonable combination of utility and adornment that 
will have a decidedly educational effect upon all those who may 
enter or pass by its portals. 

The decision of a school board in this particular matter has 
more direct influence, and one that is more likely to be longer 
felt in the community, than any other problem requiring conscien- 
tious consideration. It is even more important in its effects on the 
physical and mental development of a child than the choosing of 
teachers, as nearly one-fourth of a child's life, between the ages 
of six and fourteen, is spent in the school room, and this proportion 
is sufficient to have considerable effect upon any child that is 
not constitutionally well developed. It is also true that healthful 
conditions stimulate an active mind and the mental progress is 
correspondingly greater. It is on account of these facts that it is 
necessary to provide an abundance of pure air and good light in 
every room of such proportions and quantities so as to amply supply 
both to each pupil. The light in every class room must be from such 
direction and of sufficient amount so as not to strain the weakest 
eyes in the room. 

All authorities agree that the light should come over the 
left shoulder of the pupil and should be equivalent to at least one- 
fifth of the approximate floor space of a class room ; closely grouped 
windows without transoms or wide mullions are desirable. In most 
of the large modern New York Schools the windows are grouped 
to form one large window. Sometimes windows are placed in a 
class room other than from the left side but their purpose is to 
flood the room with sunlight when the room is unoccupied and 
curtains are drawn over them at other times. The architectural 
elaboration of windows is to be discouraged as it is ambigious and 
more pleasing results are found with more logically placed decoration. 

VENTILATION AND HEATING. 

The mere supply of pure air, warmed in the winter months is 
not sufficient, as air contaminated and constantly used must also 
be removed without draught to any pupil. 

The provision for ventilation in a class room should be such 
as to provide for each person not less than 30 cubic feet of fresh 
air per minute (1800 per hour), which amount should be introduced 



and thoroughly distributed without creating unpleasant draughts, 
or causing any two parts of the room to differ in temperature more 
than 2°F.. or the maximum temperature to exceed 70°F. 

Where the air leaves the room near or at the floor it is desirable 
that the velocity of inlet should not exceed 2 feet per second, which 
means somewhat larger sizes of register, openings and flues than 
are usually obtainable. However the velocity of current in vent 
flues can be safely as high as 6 or even 10 feet per second if flues 
are placed so as to eliminate draught on any pupil. The entrance 
of fresh air in a room is co-incident with or dependent upon the 
removal of an equal amount of air in the rooms and the ordinary 
means of removal is the vertical vent duct rising to the top of the 
building. 

Sometimes where mechanical apparatus is not used, the reli- 
ance for the production of the current in this vent-duct is placed 
solely at the difference in temperature of the air in the room and 
that of the external atmosphere; and the greater the difference 
of the temperatures existing between that in the room and that 
outside, the greater efficiency or draught in vent-duct. In other 
words, "the colder the weather, the greater draught in the flue." 
This fact and principle may be readily illustrated in many of our 
homes which have fireplaces that smoke when the fire is first lighted, 
but readily draw after the flue has been heated sufficiently. 

A plant may give abundant heat with little ventilation and 
where mechanical ventilation is installed, tests should be made at 
the building in front of the registers and exits, with Anemometers 
to sufficiently determine how much air is being delivered into the 
room. Knowing the temperature, the size of the ducts may be com- 
puted by anyone familiar with tin 1 theoretical or practical application 
of heating apparatus. 

The building itself should be so designed that it will be safe, 
comfortable and convenient for its occupants, and arranged so that 
it may be economically administered and kept clean. It should 
he as near fire-proof as possible. It may seem useless to devise ex- 
tensive fire protection for a frame building, but burnable as these 
buildings may be, they still can be designed in such a manner that 
they may be emptied is a very short time by the proper location 
and numbers of stairways. Fire escapes theoretically are a valuable 
assistance and in some states, are called for by law. but their in- 
efficiency may be readily demonstrated in the exit of a building by 
pupils using them under normal conditions, let alone the evacuation 
of the entire roll during excitement by fire or smoke. Every two 
story building containing more than six rooms should have two 
stairways, located at each end of the building if possible and open- 
ing at grade entrance. 

The sanitary arrangements are most important and it is to lie 



regretted that sufficient attention is not always paid to this part 
of the problem, in fact there are many good buildings in themselves, 
built and in operation, whose arrangement and quality of plumbing 
apparatus is inferior and to the known detriment of the occupants 
of the building. 

The physical requirements of a building are of course to be 
solved first, but care should be taken that the appearance of the 
building should be tasteful and of a character that will unconsciously 
influence its occupants, for it is a well recognized fact that good 
proportions and lines of any building do not depend upon its cost, 
and the result if well studied, can be harmonious to the surround- 
ings and consistent with a sane use of the materials available, in 
other words an attractive building need not necessarily be an ex- 
pensive one. 

The size of ordinary class-rooms in a primary or grammar school 
is standard, in that the customary size, 25x32 is used all over this 
country and in many schools in Europe, but other rooms in a school 
building may be of such size, etc., as desired for the purposes for 
which they are to be used. Cloak rooms should never be less than 
4 '-6 ' ' in width, and should have shelf on one side and coat hooks 
at two heights from floor. 

DESIGNS 

The plans shown in this book are only a few examples of a 
work of wide study and experience in school buildings all over 
the East as well as the AVest, the theoretical requirements being 
the same in all parts, with more or less variation in minor details 
due to local conditions. While plans will differ in every locality, 
the analysis of each problem is solved by the same general method 
of procedure. It is not possible here in any way to show details 
used in the various buildings illustrated herein, it being understood 
however that such parts are very important in the successful com- 
pletion of the buildings. Methods, materials and construction will 
be promptly explained to any school board upon request. 

CORRESPONDENCE 

It is desired that the designs shown will interest School Boards 
and Trustees to the extent that they will put me in communication 
with those who are in charge of the erection of new buildings. 
Correspondence is earnestly solicited from any one interested in 
school buildings, no matter how remote the proposed building may 
be, as I have at my disposal valuable information regarding the 
arrangement of rooms, and cost of all sizes and kinds of school 
buildings. Such information will be found to be of great value to 
school boards, in that, considerable annoyance may sometimes be 
eliminated in the voting of school bonds from the fact that sufficient 



reliable information was not at hand at the proper time of such 
a nature as to determine how much of a good building could be 
secured at a given amount, This is especially important as a second 
issue of bonds is often as embarrassing to those in charge as an 
inferior or incorrectly designed building. 

The cost of any building herein shown is not given for the 
reason of the fact that the prices of labor and materials differ with 
localities and other conditions affecting completed cost. This data 
will, however, be cheerfully given upon inquiry from your particular 

locality. 

The numbers appearing on the following pages of the plans 
illustrated, are for the purpose of reference by correspondence as the 
types shown cover many sizes and kinds of school buildings. In- 
formation concerning them or any other school building can be 
obtained by dropping a postal to 

WALTER H. PARKER, 

School Architect, 

244 Kearny Street, 
San Francisco. 



The designs in this book are the property of the Architect, and 
are not to be used except through detailed plans from this office 
and by the payment of the proper compensation. 




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NOTES AND SCHOOL DATA 



Class rooms for primary and grammar grades should be ap- 
proximately 25 by 32 feet. 

The height of ceilings should be at least 12 feet, 6 inches for 
primary grades and 13 feet, 6 inches for grammar grades. 

Cloak rooms should not be less than 4 feet 6 inches for grammar 
schools, 100 coat hooks per class room at different heights according 
to the grades taught. 

Tables for cooking room should be 36 inches high. 
The width of corridors varies according to the size and arrange- 
ment of rooms along same. Generally speaking they should not be 
less than 10 feet wide in any place. 

Maple floors should be used where the appropriation will allow. 
A sanitary cove base should be used in all rooms independent 
of location or flooring used. 

Floors should be oiled and swept with brushes. 
Stairs should be 5 feet wide. Avoid winders. The treads should 
not be less than 12 inches wide and the risers 6yo inches high. Risers 
7 inches high may be used in schools of the higher grades. Light 
iron balisters are desired for open stairs. 

A combination bookcase with glass doors should be built in 
every room, not otherwise supplied with closets. 

Toilet rooms should be in basement where possible. 
Manual training rooms should be in the basement in every case 
where a basement is possible. 

In secondary schools, wardrobes may be entirely eliminated and 
lockers Hanked on both sides of the corridors which should be at 
least 13 feet wide. 

Steel lockers are the most economical in the long run, they are 
also more sanitary and neat in appearance. 

The glass area of a school room should be equal to at least one 
fifth of the floor space. 

"Windows should not be less than 3 feet from the floor and 
should extend as close to the ceiling as possible. 

Assembly halls should be well ventilated. If located on the 
second floor they should be amply provided with exits and fire 
escapes. 

The inlet for hot air should be 8 feet above the floor. 
Where wardrobes adjoin class rooms, the outlet for ventilation 
of class room should be in the wardrobe, wire screens being built 
into the bottom of the wardrobe doors to allow the circulation. In 
this way both rooms may be sufficiently ventilated by one outlet. 

A good building, located where water under pressure is avail- 
able, should have a standpipe and hose reels in corridors. 

Blackboards are 4 feet high, and 2 feet, 4 inches to 2 feet 8 
inches above the floor. Behind the teacher's desk the height of black- 
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A WELL arranged six room building' with front and rear en- 
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toilet rooms, heating- apparatus, janitor's closet and fuel room. The 
building shown is of common brick with stucco on the exterior, but 
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THIS building is admirably arranged to secure in addition to the 
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High School Buildings 

THE same theoretical requirements as for buildings of the 
grammar type, present themselves in buildings for high 
school purposes, but with many other requirements in 
addition, a few of which will be mentioned. Smaller class 
rooms than standard size, 25x32, are necessary for most of 
the courses taken up, and the assembly hall is often used for 
study purposes in general. In many of the more recent schools, 
the auditonin is placed on the ground floor between two wings 
or the central part of an E shaped building and of such size 
as to accomodate all the pupils at one sitting. It should be 
lighted from the sides, and the windows may be higher from 
the floor than is found in the ordinary class rooms. Several 
exits to grade should also be provided with doors always 
opening out. 

The arrangement of rooms is more complex and requires 
even more careful study than for grammar schools. The in- 
troduction of manual training facilities, gymnasium, chemistry 
and physics rooms, require rooms of various sizes to suit the 
requirements to which they are put, for example, the two 
mentioned studies require a lecture room that may be used 
by each. The most logical location would seem to be between 
those two rooms, directly opening into each; seats with wide 
arms for notes, and a stepped floor are also desirable features. 
In the chemistry room proper work benches must be provided, 
and a small glass covered ventilated booth, for research work 
with elements giving off obnoxious and poisoning gases. A 
store room is also desired in connection with a chemical 
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Special requirements must be met in the study rooms for 
Biology, Botany and similar studies, often more or less a 
matter of detail, but very essential to be kept in mind in de- 
signing a well appointed building. 

The introduction of manual training and mechanical draw- 
ing in many of our modern high schools, requires special 
rooms, the former being best located in the basement, if well 
supplied with light. "When placed there, noise which cannot 
be eliminated will be diffused and little or no inconvenience 
in that account will be found in the class rooms above. A 
large store room is desirable for the storage of lumber and 
numerous pieces of works at different stages of development. 
The drawing room may be located most anywhere, where north 
light is obtained and on any floor. 

Commercial branches will require various sized rooms and 
should be arranged in a group to allow intercommunication 
from one room to the other without the necessity of entering 
the main corridors. Often desirable results are obtained by 
partitioning off one large room into several smaller ones, with 
glass partitions similar to those found in offices. This will 
enable the instructor to see two or more rooms, though separ- 
ate in themselves. 

Cloak rooms and wardrobes may be eliminated in high 
school buildings by substituting lockers either in the basement 
or in the corridors with perfect success. They may be ar- 
ranged so as not to be objectionable in appearance, and if of 
metal, are by all means superior. In many schools the boys' 
lockers are located in the basement and the girls' on a second 
floor corridor, in which case it will be found very convenient 
if the girls' toilet is located also on that floor. Combination 
locks may be supplied to lockers which will not readily get 
out of order and will be found superior to locks with keys, in 
that they cannot get lost. The permanent value of a high 
school building and in the disposition of it various parts, de- 
pends largely upon the knowledge, skill and fore thought of 
the architect selected, and he should be thoroughly familiar 
with the class of work. 

The equipment of a high school building is an item of 
great importance, and some careful estimate of its probable 
cost should be made at the time the appropriation is set aside. 
The parties in charge may obtain catalogues from any of the 
concerns manufacturing this class of furniture, and while often 
the same products can be obtained from the local mills, an 
estimate of the total cost can be arrived at approximately 
from such information. 

The use of acids and destructive chemicals in the chemistry 
department plays havoc in time with wood and often plumb- 
ing pipes, etc.. eating away and discoloring parts, so that it 
is impossible to keep the laboratory in a presentable condition. 
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though expensive, it may be obtained in almost any thickness 
and in either white or black opaque colors. Stone of some 
varieties arc sometimes used, or marble, and they are with- 
out question, better wearing surfaces than the common wood 
tops usually found in smaller schools. Plumbing pipes should 
be lead lined, and all sinks should be porcelain lined to pre- 
vent acid from eating parts inaccessible and whose condition 
is unknown, until some extensive damage is done. The cus- 
tomary students chemical work table is provided with two or 
more sinks, water supply, gas outlets, a combination shelf of 
acid proof materials if possible, and drawers and cabinets 
for locking up materials and supplies. Many stock tables 
do not provide space at floor and are uncomfortable to work 
at. They should either be raised above the floor or spaces 
left at different intervals to allow pupils to work close to table. 
Chemical hoods should be well ventilated and should have 
glass sides. Where mechanical ventilation is installed in the 
building they may be readily connected to the system. They 
are about eight feet in height and of variable widths, accord- 
ing to the number of pupils to provide for. 

Physics work tables are simlar in construction to chemical 
tables, although they do not require such exact care in the ma- 
terials used. They should have water, gas and electric outlets; 
and drawers and cupboards should be provided for the storing 
of tools or supplies. 

The lecture room for either physics or chemistry should 
have provision for the installation of an electric lantern for 
slides, also some means of darkening the room by curtains or 
blinds. The latter being best arranged for by opaque curtains 
sliding in a groove and operated by hand. The instructor's 
desk should be provided with outlets same as laboratory 
tables for demonstration. A ease of drawers for containing 
lantern slides will be found very useful in this room. It should 
be built similar to many of the card file cabinets, found in 
offices or libraries. 

Biology equipment consists of an aquarium with glass 
sides and running water; work tables with drawers on either 
side and numerous shelves, cases, etc., for the housing of 
specimens and tool. Work tables are made in various lengths 
to suit the requirements and number of pupils. A wide flat 
top table with cases of drawers at different intervals, will give 
satisfactory results. 

The equipment of manual training is almost unlimited, 
generally speaking, and should be selected to suit the space 
available and the number of pupils to provide for. 

It consists primarily of work benches, cases of tools, an in- 
tructor's work bench, and more or less machinery. Concerns 
providing such equipments are of great number, and best re- 
sults will be found by consultation between instructor and 
the architect. 



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A HIGH school building in the Mission stive, with study hall, 
manual training rooms and class rooms on the first floor. The 
lecture room is well located between the physical and chem- 
ical lahoratories, so that it may be used in conjunction with each. 
The heater and toilet rooms are located on the first fioor. the building 
being built in a locality where excavations was impractical, except for 
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HIGH SCHOOL AT MARYSVILLE, OAL. 

A BRICK high school building with assembly hall upon first floor 
capable of seating ")()() people. The lecture room is con- 
veniently located on the second floor between the physics and 
chemistry laboratories. Toilets, gymnasium, lockers, showers, and 
the heating apparatus are located in the basement. 





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First Floor Plan 
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A HIGH school building with gymnasium, physics and 
chemistry laboratories in the basement in addition to 
the boys' toilets, heaters and fuel rooms. The assem- 
bly hall is located on the first floor, well lighted from all 
sides. The girls' toilets are on the second floor. Lockers are 
to be used on the second floor, also in the basement in place 
of wardrobes. 




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Development of Rural Schools 

The planning of small buildings for rural districts is very im- 
portant from the fact that a community may desire only two rooms 
for the present and yet in less time than two years further pro- 
visions will have to he necessarily made for more class rooms. 
This is particularly true in a growing- district and reference to a 
few plans herein illustrated will enable trustees to secure a plan 
that will he complete and neat in appearance at each stage of de- 
velopment; for example, the cut below illustrates how a two room 
building developed into a four room building, and later still a six 
room building was obtained, each part being a unit of the com- 
plete building. The elevation from the front of 1 he building being 
identical for the four room building and the six room building. It 
should be borne in mind in any school building, that extensions 
will possibly follow in the future and great care should be taken 
that the present and completed building is practical and neat in 
appearance at all stages of development. 

The selection of a site is also an important undertaking and a 
Location that will be accessable, sanitary and of comfortable area, 
should be selected. The junction of two cross roads, if centrally 
located, in reference to the pupil population, and high and dry, 
would, perhaps be an ideal location. The condition of roads leading 
to a building of this kind, is important, as schools are used during 
the worst part of the year. 







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A RURAL school building of the Mission type. One story 
and adapted to localities where considerable tempera- 
ture is encountered. The corridors providing an abun- 
dance of air and shade. The exterior of the building is wood 
covered with plaster over metal lath and the roof of tile. 




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A TWO room rural school building containing wardrobes 
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ADVERTISEMENTS 

SPECIAL attention is called to the ad- 
vertisements on the following pages. 
They have been included as being 
a desirable guide in the purchase of ma- 
terials and equipment. 

The concerns from which these ad- 
vertisements have been accepted are rep- 
resentative in their line, and in every 
case are personally known by the Author 
to be of the highest standing and the 
quality of their product unexcelled. 







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The Health and Comfort of scholars 
and teachers demand it. — Necessary 
for proper Ventilation. 

f| Can be applied to any system of heating and ventilating. 

Johnson Service Company 

Monadnock Building, San Francisco 



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In planning that new school building, there is no more important sub- 
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cher and pupils in the school room depends as much upon satisfactory 
blackboards as any other thing. The use of Hyloplate for the last twenty 
years, has demonstrated its utility and superiority as a blackboard sur- 
face. It is now in successful use in the majority of school buildings 
throughout the State, and is specified by ninety per cent of the school 
house architects. Thousands of satisfactory users will testify to its merits. 

Samples and estimates upon request. 

....School Furniture and Supplies.... 

Blinds, Partitions, Shutters, etc. 



C. F. WEBER & CO. 



365-367 MARKET STREET 

San Francisco. 



210-212 N. MAIN ST. 
Los Angeles. 



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Economy of Time. Note writing in schools should be as obsolete as 
ancient stone writing. The tendency towards shorter school sessions 
necessitates elimination of every unnecessary task of principal, teacher 
or scholar. We term the convenience of telepbones secondary to the eco- 
nomical advantage. 

Cost of Installing. We furnish inexpensive but practical telephone sys- 
tems adapted to the requirements of small schools, while high schools, 
normal school, and colleges are equipped with every economy and con- 
venience known to the telephonic art. Specifications for installing and 
estimates of cost submitted on receipt of floor blue-prints, with crosses 
designating location of phones. 

ELECTRIC RAILWAY and MANUFACTURERS 



84-86 2nd STREET, 



SUPPLY CO. 



SAN FRANCISCO 



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7th and Townsend Sts., San Francisco 



SANITARY PLUMBING FIXTURES. WATER, STEAM AND GAS SUPPLIES 

Our trade-mark on plumbing material means that the article so stamped 
is " THE BEST " manufactured of its kind. 



The Health of the Pupil 



Is of paramount importance. Epidemics of contagions diseases are the *♦* 

,j. horror of every school hoard. Lime and cheap plastering materials are !•! 

*♦* responsible in a great measure for the spread of diseases among pupils. ♦!• 

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•> are seldom thoroughly dry. They harden by drying — just like mud or a ♦> 

sponge — but soften again whenever they absorb new moisture. Ueing soft *;* 

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*C make it easy to maintain normal temperature, winter and summer — they Y 

are fuel savers. Our MISSION HARD WALL PLASTER AND ACME 1> 

KEENE'S CEMENT, especially, makes quiet walls — conducive to study and j* 

.$. order. You build everything else right — why not have modern interior *£ 

walls — the very heart of the school building? The cost is normal. The ♦ 

£ reasons for all this are very interesting. Gypsum Rock is the secret. Let *J* 

♦ ns explain it to you. Mention this publication when you write. «§• 

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I' 750 SOUTH ALAMEDA ST.. BUILDERS EXCHANGE * 

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Mantels, Grates and Tile, Mosaic Tile 

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It is less expensive than natural slate. It is entirely free from' flints, 
% knots, and ribbons. It presents one continuous unbroken surface, with- 
out seams or joints. Its color is uniform — dead black and unfading. It 

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to and becomes a part of the wall, and is therefor practically noiseless. 

* Results Obtained 

No delay and annoyance incident to breakage in transit. Reduction of 

* expense. Decrease in repairs. Increased use of blackboards. Everybody 
4» satified. 
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| WH1TAKER & RAY-WIGGIN CO. 

* School Furniture and Supplies 

% 776 Mission Street San Francisco 

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Pacific Blower 
and Heating Co. 

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 

Phone Market 389 SEVENTEENTH and MISSION STS. 



Agents for 

Hermetic Steel School Heaters 
Lenox Steel Furnaces 



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Some of the buildings equipped *j* 

with our system of Heating and 

Ventilating using Steel Heaters: ♦ 

Two School, Napa, Cal. Mission Hank, San Francisco. .♦. 

Two School, Berkeley, Cal. Rideout Hank, Oroville, Cal. *£ 

School, Fruitvale, Cal. Notre Dame College, S. F., Cal. * 

School, Modesto, Cal. Church, Palo Alto, Cal. •!♦ 
School, Vacaville Cal. V. M. C. A., Watsonville, Cal. 

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McCormick Henderson Co., 

Postal Telegraph Building 

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



AGENTS FOR 



Sanitary School Desks Rolling Doors 

Wilson School Wardrobes Steel Lockers 

Venetian Blinds Maple Flooring 

ALL KINDS OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES 
STANDARD SIZE OF SEATS 



No. 1. First Grade 

Height of Seat, 10 inches 
Height of Desk, IS inches, ad- 
justable to 2 2 inches 
Size of Desk, 10% x 18 inches 

No. 2. Second Grade 

Height of Seat, 11 inches 
Height of Desk, 21% inches, ad- 
justable to 24 inches 
Size of Desk, 11x18 inches 

No. 3. Third Grade, 

Height of Seat, 12 inches 
Height of Desk, 2 3 inches, ad- 
justable to 27 inches 
Size of Desk, 12x19 inches 

No. 4. Fourth Grade, 

Height of Seat, 13 inches 
Height of Desk, 25 inches, ad- 
justable to 29 inches 
Size of Desk, 13% x 20% inches 



No. 5. Fifth Grade, 

Height of Seat, j.3% inches 
Height of Desk, 26 inches, ad- 
justable to 30 inches 
Size of Desk, 14% x 21 inches 

No. 6. Sixth Grade, 

Height of Seat, 14 inches 
xieight of Desk, 2 7 inches, ad- 
justable to 3. inches 
Size of Desk, 15% x 23 inches 

No. 7. Seventh Grade, 

Height of Seat, 15 inches 
Height of Desk, 28 inches, ad- 
justable to 32 inches 
Size of Desk 16 x 24 inches 

No. 8. Commercial, 

Height of Seat, 16 inches 
Height of Desk, 30 inches, ad- 
justable to 34 inches 
Size of Desk, 18x30 inches 




Clinton V-Stiffened Galvanized Wire Lath 

This material is made in 18 to 21 gauge wire, inclusive, 2 1-2 meshes to the 
inch, and is furnished in rolls 1 00 feet long, 36 inches wide. 



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643 Monadnock Building, 



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Brands of Roofing Tin. 

a. h. Mcdonald 

Pacific Coast 
Manager 

185 Stevenson Street 
Room 233 

SAN FRANCISCO, 
CAL. 

Phone Douglas 390 



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445 SUTTER STREET 
San Francisco 

GASTEAM RADIATORS 
and 
RADIUM WATER HEATERS 

offer unparalleled facilities for 
warming your house and heating 
water for domestic purposes with 
gas for fuel and appeal to those 
who are in search of things which 
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Limestones are composed largely of carborate of lime. There 
are many varieties of limestone which differ in color, composi- 
tion and value for engineering and building purposes, owing to 
the differences in the character of the deposits and chemical 
combinations entering into them. Probably the best limestone 
for road and cement work is that which we have in large de- 
posits on this coast and is known as Cherty Limestone. It is 
of a compact, fine-grained texture, very hard and tough and of 
a bluish color. Higher tests in concrete work are received from 
this rock than from trap or granite. 

Those who have in mind concrete or road work will do well 
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Lime and Cement Co. 



945 Market Street :: San Francisco, Cal. 

Mt . Diablo Cement 
Santa Cruz Lime 



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Heaters, Portable and 

Brick Set, Designed to Burn Wood, 

Coal, Gas or Oil. 

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Today. 

Write to 

MILLER -EN WRIGHT CO. 

907-917 Front Street, 101-105 J Street. Sacramento Cal. 

Wholesale Dealers in Heavy Hardware, Sheet 

Metal, and Plumbing Supplies. 
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